Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the Tea Party darling and failed presidential candidate currently under investigation for unethical campaign spending and under pressure from a surging Democrat challenger, has announced that she will not seek another term.

Minneapolis -
Minnesota Congresswoman and former 2012 Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann officially became a citizen of Switzerland this week. By Thursday evening, however, she renounced her citizenship.

Portsmouth -
Michelle Bachman has endorsed her former rival Mitt Romney, saying he is "the last chance we have to keep America from going...over a cliff." Bachmann ended her presidential run in January after she placed sixth in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses.

The owner of "Colby's Breakfast and Lunch" restaurant in Portsmouth, NH., has banned politicians before the Primary. He says "I don’t appreciate Joe Blow coming in here and whoring around the dining room for votes."

The only candidate for the Republican nomination for President to have been born in the state of Iowa was so badly trounced on Jan. 3 that the day following that first test Michele Bachmann dropped out of the race.

Des Moines -
Texas Governor Rick Perry, after suffering the first defeat of his political career Tuesday in Iowa, has changed course yet again, and is now headed for the South Carolina primary which takes place January 21.

Des Moines -
Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann announced at a news conference at 11 a.m. that she will suspend her presidential campaign. This comes as she finished last among the contending candidates in Iowa.

Des Moines -
The last two-hour Iowa debate saw former House Speaker Newt Gingrich being attacked, former Governor Mitt Romney defending himself and former Governor Jon Huntsman proclaiming his conservatism. But one moment changed everything: Iran.

Kampala -
President Barack Obama has authorized deployment of 100 U.S. special operation troops to Uganda. Reports say the troops will not be involved in fighting, but will be acting as advisers to Ugandan forces.

Republican presidential candidate and Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann released a video statement, seeking to clarify her stance on the HPV vaccination issue and her criticism of Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Minneapolis -
2012 United States Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann's campaign staff has been shaken up ahead of next week's GOP primary debate. The Minnesota Congresswoman's campaign manager will be an advisor and the deputy manager is stepping down.

As news of the Standard and Poor's downgrade of America's credit rating from AAA to AA+ reverberated into the weekend, Republican presidential hopefuls used the event to showcase what they see as President Obama's flawed leadership.

Former New Mexico governor and Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson spoke out against the pledge Republican presidential contenders were expected to sign by the Conservative group Family Leader, calling it 'offensive.'

NBC's Saturday Night Live featured a Fox News debate among the 2012 GOP presidential candidates that have yet to formally declare their candidacy, with a re-introduction of Tina Fey's famous Sarah Palin impersonation.

In her speech on the (US) House floor last night, Republican Michelle Bachmann made it seem that she's telepathic. The only other explanation for her words could be that she's a close friend of terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed